Congressional Statistics, December 2015 (Expanded Edition)

Utah

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to an eligible worker and family members when the worker elects to start receiving retirement benefits or when the worker dies or becomes disabled. A worker's lifetime covered earnings largely determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2015
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars) Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers Disabled workers Widow(er)s and parents Spouses a Children b All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s and parents
Utah 375,685 253,880 47,923 23,117 19,186 31,579 468,330 346,789 30,664 274,335
1 90,768 60,548 12,468 5,549 4,372 7,831 107,569 78,182 6,916 64,842
2 110,352 76,587 13,941 6,516 5,261 8,047 137,166 103,594 8,563 81,639
3 87,858 59,238 9,386 5,624 5,753 7,857 114,306 85,288 7,834 66,079
4 86,707 57,507 12,128 5,428 3,800 7,844 109,288 79,724 7,351 61,775
All areas c 59,963,425 40,089,061 8,909,430 4,190,676 2,477,567 4,296,691 73,642,029 53,790,278 5,194,659 43,243,199
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
c. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 States, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Table 2. Number of recipients of federally administered SSI payments and total monthly payments, December 2015
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Under age 18 Aged 65 or older
Utah 31,365 2,741 222 28,402 17,571 1,147 118 16,305 9,069 5,262 5,245
1 7,582 336 66 7,180 4,290 110 34 4,146 2,243 1,225 834
2 9,047 929 64 8,054 5,220 409 39 4,772 2,711 1,482 1,696
3 6,260 540 45 5,675 3,326 211 25 3,091 1,788 1,035 1,072
4 8,476 936 47 7,493 4,735 418 21 4,296 2,327 1,520 1,643
All areas b 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 2,731,528 1,267,160 2,153,849
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.
b. Includes recipients in the 50 States, District of Columbia, and Northern Mariana Islands.